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Earnhardt and Truex suffer late misfortunes at Chicagoland

By Rupen Fofaria
Special to ESPN.com

Sunday, July 15, 2007

JOLIET, Ill. -- Dale Earnhardt Jr. was headed for a top-10, perhaps a top-5. Martin Truex Jr. looked to make it two strong finishes for the Dale Earnhardt Inc. duo. Alas, in quick succession, DEI's hopes for a banner day were dashed. "We run good every week," Earnhardt said. "We just have bad luck." Earnhardt and Co. were riding high -- figuratively and literally. The team had just gotten him out of the pits third on lap 202 with a 13.4-second stop. Then, coming out of a turn shortly thereafte ...

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